Islamists threaten to behead Kosovar journalist ![](https://www.ifex.org/serbia/kosovo/2014/09/09/kosovo_visarduriqi_twitter_free__468.jpg)
A specialist in Islamism, he has been accused of apostasy and threatened with beheading
In an interview with AFP news agency, he revealed that Islamic radicals called him a renegade and threatened to behead him, as it happened with American journalists in Iraq. In particular, Visar Duriqi wrote about extremist groups in Kosovo and the recruitment of volunteers for participating in armed conflicts in Syria and Iraq. According to the reporter, he received multiple threats, including via social networks, and does not feel safe. In this regard, the Reporters Without Borders organization has published a message on its website on Wednesday, expressing the extreme concern over Duriqi’s fate and urging the Kosovar authorities to provide him with protection.
“Duriqi’s plight is extremely worrying and the threats should be taken seriously,” the organization’s Secretary-General Christophe Deloire said. “The government must provide him with police protection. An investigation must be carried out to identify those responsible for this unacceptable behavior and the courts must deal firmly with them.” According to a rating of Reporters Without Borders, in 2014, the self-proclaimed Republic of Kosovo ranks 80 out of 180 states in the world in terms of media freedom.
Duriqi's coverage of Islamic issues and religious extremism has been a source of annoyance in radical circles. He has described how young Muslims are being indoctrinated and persuade to go to Syria to join jihadi groups, and he has shed light on the terrorist intentions of certain members of the radical Muslim community.
The fact that the police have carried out major operations designed to dismantle jihadi networks operating in Kosovo tends to confirm the accuracy of his reporting on the way the radical Islamist groups are functioning and evolving.
When the Muslim Youth Forum accused Duriqi of apostasy in a communiqué posted on its website on 15 August, it was deploying the full force of its moral authority against him.
well that is the news from Serbian Islam..
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stephen-schwartz/isis-and-the-kosovar-alba_b_5670061.html